The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-14

tors, voting in such election, vote prohi'
bition, it shall be misdemeanor for any
person to give away, barter or exchange
spirituous or malt or intoxicating liquors
in connection with any business conduc-
ted by such person in such Counties
without municipal license, and upon
conviction thereof such person shall be
imprisoned for a term of not less than
thirty days or more than twelve months,
and fined in the discretion of the Court.
This section has been very generally
misunderstood. 1t will be seen that it
makes giving away, or barteripg in con-
nection with ones business, misde'
meanor, and punishable as for selling.
1t is no offense to give away if it is not
in connection with ones business, and
would not, therefore, affect giving whis'
key to any one except in connection
with ones business. 1t is intended to
prevent person from giving away whis.
key, and selling a box of matches or
cigar for enough to psy for both, or Civ
isg away whiskey to-day, and letting the
party pay for it tomorrow. 1t will not
affect any person except those who try
to violate the law so as to sell indirectly,
and then claim to have given it away.
Sec. 8. That if a majority of the elec.
tors, voting in such election, vote prohi.
bition, it shall be miademeanor for any
person to keep any apirituous or malt
or intoxicating liquors in any room or
house in said County in which 9 United
States license to sell the same is posted
without license under the State laws
also, and upon conviction thereof such
person shall be imprisoned for not less
than thirty days nor more than twelve
months, and fined in the discretion Of
the Court.
In some of the lower Counties it has
been tho custom of those who violate the
law as to retailing to buy United
States license, and then sell in violation
of the State Law. This section provides
that they cannot buy and post up United
States licenses where whiskey is kept.
By this means We will have the assistance
of the United States Courts in enforcing
our law.
Sec. 9. If a majority of the voters in
such election vote prohibition, it shall be
the duty of every railroad agent in such
Counties to keep separate book, in
which he shall enter every barrel, keg or
package of spirituous, malt, or intoxicat-
ing liquors received at his station by
freight or by express, the date of its
receipt, the consignee, the character of
spirits marked on it, and the amount
contained in it, which said book shall be
open to public inspection. Any railroad
agent neglecting to keep this book cor.
rectly shall be gully of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not exceeding two hundred dollars
or imprisoned for q term of not more
than two months, or both fined and i'm.
prisoned, in the discretion of the Court.
This section Is very obnoxious to the
anti.prohibitionists, because it requires
the railroad agents to keep list of all
spirituous liquors received at his depot,
and to whom they are shipped. Under
it if a man frequently receives large
shipments of liquors, the police will
know who to watch. 1t is a section
intended to prevent the whiakey traffic,
by exposing the men who buy it in such
quantities as to indicate purpose to
violate the law by selling it.
Sec. 10. If a majority of said electors
vote prohibition" it shall be misde.
meanor for any person to have any spir-
ituous or malt intoxicating liquor ship.
ped to him, or her, in such Counties
marked in any way calculated to deceive
as to its contents, and any person con-
victed of violating this section shall be
imprisoned for not less than thirty days
nor more than twelve months, and fined
in the discretion Of the Court.
| This section likewise intends to pre-.
vent q violation of the law by requiring
all parties 10 ship their liquors without
disguise, otherwise man might get a
barrel of wiskey and mark it vinegar, or
in some other way than its true contents.
1t merely requires that all liquors shall be
openly shipped without smuggling. 1t
will doubtless be very much in the way
of parties who want to violate the law,
and may, # course, be expected to meet
with active opposition.
SEC. IL. If a majority ofthe said electors
vote prohibition" it shall be mjsde.
meanor for any druggist to sell any
spirituous or malt or intoxicating liquors,
or any bitters compounded by him, to
evade this Law, without written pre-.
scription from regular practicing ply.
sician in actual attendance upon
patient, which shall certify that such
physician is attending the person for
whom the prescription is made, the
amount prescribed, and that in the
judgment of such physician the stimulant
is needed for that patient, and that the
certificate is not given to enable the
patient or any other person to procure
such stimulant as beverage. All such
prescriptions Ohall be filed to themselves,
and shall be open to inspection by the
police or any member of the City or Town
Council, or by any other person interest.
ed therein. ANY person violating the
provisions of this Section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be imprisoned for not
lest than thirty days nor more than twelve
months, and fined in the discretion of the
Court.
This section provides the mode in
which druggists may sell, and the requi.
site, fthe physician's prescriptions. 1t
is rigid, but will not be difficult for those
druggists who wish to obey the law to
carry out. = We do not believe that drug
gists generally violate the Law as to sell.
ing spirituous liquors, but it is sometimes
done, and in prohibition Law it must be
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